John June

John June (fl. 1740–1770) was an English engraver, best known for his portraits and book illustrations.

Watch-paper portrait of Kitty Fisher, c. 1759, by John June

Works

The Lady's Disaster, 1747 engraving by John June

June worked regularly for the publisher Robert Sayer. He made engravings from his own drawings, as a general rule, though he did make plates after John Collett.^[1] Some of them, such as The Farm Yard and The Death of the Fox, were engraved in a bold style, and unusually large. His works include View of Cheapside on Lord Mayor's Day, November 1761.^[2]

Notes

1. Peltz, Lucy. "June, John". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/15166. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
2. Lee, Sidney, ed. (1892). "June, John" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 30. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

Attribution

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1892). "June, John". Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 30. London: Smith, Elder & Co.